Door holder



L. J. GINGRAS ET AL DOOR HOLDER Filed April 18, 1925 Patented May 3, 1927.

UNITED; STATES 1,626,810 P Arsiu rf orrsi LOUIS J. GINGRASLAND AZARIAS .s'r. ONGE, or WEBs'rERvILnn, VERMONT.

DOOR HOLDER.

Application -filed April 18, 1925. Serial 110,24 ,136.

Thisinvention relates to an improveddevice, briefly entitled as a door holder, the .same having more specific-reference to a devicewhich is attached to the wall against which the door swings when-opened, and em- 1 bodying a means. for grasping .the knob on the door to :holdthe door open.

Briefly,-the invention comprises a bracket which is fastened to the wall, a cup forzreception of the door knob, resilient means in the cup forautomatica'lly grasping the knob, and an arm upon which the cup is mounted,

the arm being adjustable upon the bracket.

One feature is the particular bracket, and

means whereby the cup carrying arm is adp of such construction as to render the device and sect-ion showing the construction of details more plainly.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the open side of the cup.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 1 designates a wall bracket to be attached to the wall 2. The bracket embodies a depending attaching flange 3, and a horizontal plate 4. This plate is provided with an arcuate slot 5.

The cup is designated by the reference character 6 and in practice this cup will vary in external appearance to render it as ornamental and attractive as possible, and it will be shaped to accommodate the-particular kind of aiknob with which'it is'to be used.

In the showing, the cup is shaped toaccommodate a discular iconvexed 'l I1Ob,l)ul3'11t might well be shaped to accommodate an elon-' gated ovate knob such as is frequently used. On one side,. the=cup is provided {with .a socket 7 1 On ,its open side it is provided with circumferentially spaced wnotches 8 which serve a scribed.

The attaching arm is in'the'form'of a purpose .to be hereinafter-dd flattened strip 9 having a cylindrical outer end portion 10 extending into and through the socket 7 A bolt 11 including a thumb nut serves to pivotally connect the flattened part 9 with the center of the plate 4. An additional bolt 12 also including a thumb nut is carried by thisfiattened part and this. bolt rides in the arcuate slot 5, and obviously serves to hold the arm in various adjusted positions.

As before stated means islocated within the cup for automatically grasping the door knob, the shank 13 of which is shown connected with the door 14: in Figure 1. The. means comprises a pair of duplicate springs 15 of flat formation, the free end portions of the springs being bowed as at 16, bent inwardly upon themselves as at 17, andhaving their extremities 18 bearing against the inner wall ofthe cup. A single screw fastening 19 passes through the central portions of the springs and connects them with the part 10 of the aforesaid arm. It will be noted that the springs are confined within the cup to conceal them from view.

With the arrangement specified it is clear that the bracket 1 is attached to the wall at a point about where the door knob would ordinarily strike when swung to open position. 1

The cup 6 is now positioned to dispose it in alignment with the path of swing of the door knob. An accurate adjustment is permitted by the adjustably mounted arm 9. It isobvious that the arm has pivotal movement about the bolt 11, and is clamped in any'desired set position by the bolt 12. I It is now clear that when the door is swung open the knob will automatically snap into the cup and will be grasped by the expansible flat springs, thus the door will be held open, and will be prevented from striking the wall and knocking down the plaster.

By virtue of the extremities 18 of the springs 15 bearing against the inner wall of the cup as shown in FigureQ and before described. the springs will be reinforced by the walls of the cup and consequently the bowed portions or bights 1G oi the springs will be better enabled to grasp and hold the knob snapped into the cup in the manner be fore described.

It is thought that the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings will enable persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates to obtain a clear innlerstandinp; oi? the same. Therefore, a more lengthy description is tl'iought unnecessary.

While the preferred embodiment of the in.- vention has been shown and described it is to be understood that minor changes coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to if desired. F or instance, while the arm for supporting the cup is shown of a predetermil'led length, this arm may vary in length so as to space the door any desired distance from the wall.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new is:-

A door knob holding and stop device consisting essentially of a cup of a size and depth to receive and hide a knob, means vfor supporting said cup, and means in the cup I tor yielding-1y holding the knob therein; the said means for yieldingly l'iolding a knob in the cup including pairs of opposite spring arms entirely within the cup, said arms having forward bight 0r bowed portions and outer rearwardly directed terminal portions, spaced "from the major portions of the arms and arrang ged at their extremities to bear outwardly against the wall of the cup.

In testimony whereof we atiix our signatures.

LOUIS J. GINGRAS. AZARIAS ST. ONGE. 

